Popular route is blocked

Concrete bollards are to be used to block off a bridge in Cannock which is being used as an illegal short cut - despite local opposition to the scheme to keep it closed to traffic.

Staffordshire Highways wants to enforce the current no entry signs for the railway bridge on Girton Road and plans to put bollards in "imminently" as part of a wider scheme to improve road safety in the Rumer Hill area.

Drivers are still using it as a short cut between Lichfield Road and Walsall Road despite the signs being in place for more than a year.

Some businesses in Girton Road have reported a downturn in passing trade since the signs were put up and some members of the Rumer Hill Residents Association have also objected to the bollards being installed.